Initially Dario moved from Ecuador to Germany to be with Stephanie. But from the very first day there was a third party in their relationship: government agencies. They issued him 10 visas during the following 15 years. A long trail of papers, stamps, permits and restrictions connected Dario to Germany whilst also keeping him at a distance. Until one fine day the mayor of Hamburg invites Dario to become a German citizen. A profession of love? Dario responds with a tender-ironic road movie that traces his intertwined journey from the country of his fathers to the country of his children.
Protagonists
César Aguirre
Mariuxi Guevara
Andreas Tonn
Christa Tonn
Stephanie Tonn
Script and Direction
Darío Aguirre
DoP
Helena Wittmann
Darío Aguirre
Sound
Michael Gentner
Miguel Murrieta
Karsten Krause
Editing
Ulrike Tortora
Darío Aguirre
Dramaturgy
Herbert Schwarze
Music
Sven Kacirek
Animation
Victor Orozco
Artistic advice
Christiane Büchner
Project advice
Marieanne Bergmann
Sounddesign
Guido Keller / Magnetix, Zürich
Grading
Ueli Nüesch / Lab 54a GmbH, Zürich
Production manager
Stephanie Tonn
TV editorial
Monika Schäfer
Ulrike Dotzer
Producer
Tobias Büchner
Franziska Reck
Produced by
BÜCHNER Filmproduktion GbR
and RECK Filmproduktion
a co-production with
NDR
in collaboration with
World sales
Film distributors
Darío Aguirre's life is a balancing act from his old home in Ecuador and his new home. The filmmaker made an impressive documentary about the journey through the German bureaucracy.
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- 2. March 2019
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- 2. October 2018
